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The fourth season of “Ted Lasso” premiered Wednesday, August 5 on Apple TV. In the New York Magazine review of the soft-reboot fourth season of “Ted Lasso,” critic Nicholas Quah argues that Apple TV’s return of Jason Sudeikis’ relentlessly optimistic coach feels forced and stuck in purgatory. After undercutting Ted’s happy Kansas ending to bring him back to coach AFC Richmond’s new women’s team,…

Jennifer Bailey Apple’s longtime executive overseeing Apple Pay and Wallet services, Jennifer Bailey, is retiring after more than two decades with the company, according to Bloomberg News’ Mark Gurman. Bailey, who has served as vice president of Apple Pay since the service’s launch in 2014, will leave in October. Apple services chief Eddy Cue announced the departure in a staff memo seen by…

Apple has hired Nate Gatten, a longtime American Airlines Group executive, as its new vice president of government affairs, according to a Bloomberg News report. Gatten will start in the role on August 31st, Apple Senior Vice President and General Counsel Jennifer Newstead said in an internal memo viewed by Bloomberg News. Kate Adams, the previous legal chief who had been serving as senior vice…

Apple is intensifying pressure on Samsung Display and LG Display to slash prices for OLED panels destined for the iPhone 18 series, forcing the Korean suppliers into a sharper contest over manufacturing costs even as technical requirements rise. According to industry sources, Apple has demanded significantly lower supply prices for iPhone 18 OLED panels compared with the previous generation.…

“Stillwater” returns for season five on Apple TV on Friday, August 21, 2026. Apple TV debuted the official trailer for the fifth season of the beloved animated kids and family series “Stillwater.” The Peabody and Daytime Emmy Award-winning series returns with five episodes on Friday, August 21, 2026. Based on the bestselling Scholastic “Zen” book series by Jon J Muth, “Stillwater” follows a wise…

While tech enthusiasts are gearing up for Apple’s annual September launch event featuring the iPhone 18 Pro, iPhone 18 Pro Max, and iPhone Ultra, consumers waiting for the entry-level flagships will have to hold out a bit longer. According to a research note by tech analyst Jeff Pu, the standard iPhone 18 isn’t expected to arrive until early 2027, but when it does, it could bring two major…

CAD renders revealed in March show Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone design Apple employees widely call the company’s upcoming foldable iPhone the “Ultra” internally, according to Bloomberg News‘ Mark Gurman. In a post on X on Tuesday, Gurman responded to ongoing debate about the device’s eventual marketing name: “Everyone calls it the Ultra internally. We’ll see what happens.” Everyone calls it…

Foxconn, the world’s largest contract electronics manufacturer, reported a sharp rise in second-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by robust demand for artificial intelligence hardware. The results surpassed analyst forecasts and reinforced the company’s outlook for continued growth this year. Net profit for the April–June period climbed 35% to NT$59.97 billion (about US$1.86 billion). That…

WHOOP with Navigator band As screenless fitness trackers surge in popularity, Apple is reportedly exploring its own version—potentially a display-free band or ring-style device — to expand beyond the traditional Apple Watch. With rivals like Whoop, Fitbit Air, and Garmin Cirqa gaining traction, and Apple execs noting the competitive edge of recovery-focused wearables, the company may finally…

Apple is facing a new class action lawsuit alleging fraud, false advertising, and misrepresentation related to a recently disclosed vulnerability in its iCloud Private Relay feature. According to 9to5Mac, security researchers revealed last week that iCloud Private Relay — a privacy tool meant to hide users’ real IP addresses from websites when browsing in Safari — often fails to do so. The…

“Last Seen” premieres Wednesday, September 9th on Apple TV. Apple TV on Tuesday released the trailer for “Last Seen,” a new Australian thriller starring Gotham Award winner Patrick Brammall. Produced by 60Forty Films, the gripping drama is adapted by acclaimed writer and executive producer Kris Mrksa from CWA John Creasey Dagger Award-winning author Ryan David Jahn’s book, “The Dispatcher.” Emmy…

Two new puzzlers, endless ways to play — Block Blast!+ and Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles+ come to Apple Arcade on September 3. Whether gamers are looking for high-octane action or a laid-back afternoon, Apple Arcade has a little bit of everything for every player, and its puzzle catalog is getting a big upgrade. On September 3, two standout new titles join the mix: Block Blast!+ and Art of Fauna:…

Apple TV has announced that it has picked up “Ascension,” a new drama from multi-Oscar Award winner Alfonso Cuarón (“Disclaimer,” “Roma,” “Gravity”) and starring and executive produced by BAFTA TV Award winner and five-time Golden Globe nominee Caitríona Balfe (“Outlander,” “Belfast”). The series will be co-showrun by Natalie Erika James (“Apartment 7A,” “Relic”) and Christian White (“Apartment…

Natalia Téllez, Bárbara Mori, Amorita Rasgado and Ximena Sariñana in season two of “Women in Blue” (“Las Azules”), premiering globally on Apple TV on August 12, 2026. Mexico’s pioneering all-female police force returns in the second season of the Apple TV series “Las Azules” (“Women in Blue”). Set in the patriarchal Mexico of the 1970s, the new season blends historical fact and fiction as the…

Apple Retail Store in Reston, Virginia Apple has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve claims by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that a manager at one of its retail stores made antisemitic remarks and denied a longtime Jewish employee’s requests for time off before terminating him. The settlement was disclosed in a joint filing Friday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia.…

Apple is still moving ahead with a major glass-focused redesign of the iPhone to mark the device’s 20th anniversary next year, Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg News, citing people familiar with the matter. This direct counters a recent Jefferies report that claimed the project had been canceled based on “supply-chain checks.” The company plans to introduce the new look on its iPhone Pro models…

Apple’s Messages icon A Washington, D.C., resident recently received a startling text message that claimed Apple Pay had already charged him $8,250, with a second identical charge set to go through automatically in only 35 minutes, Fox News’ CyberGuy Kurt Knutsson reports. The message, which appeared to come from “Apple Pay Account Services,” instructed him to call a toll-free number immediately,…